Improvement in apparatus for arranging cigar-fillers



S.SGHL1'1ELQ. Ap'paraius for Arranging Cigar-WHEN.

Patented 1u1y15, 1873.

WWNESSES @W (Ma STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SOCRATES SOHOLFIELD, -OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FCR ARRANGING ClGAR-FILLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.r1l10,850, dated July 15, 1873 application filed October 26, 1872.

To all 'whom it may concern: n

Be it known that I, SOCRATES SoHoLEiELD, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement inDevices for Arranging Tobacco to Form Cigar-Fillers, of which the following is a specification:

My invention pertains v to the proper preparation of a layer or sheet of loose tobacco, of uniform thickness and width, to be afterward fed to a cigar-machine 5 and it consists in providing a sectional receptacle for the loose tobacco, so arranged that the tobacco in each individual section may be divided, by

. means of aknife, from that in the other sections,

after which the said section, with its inclosed sheet of fillers, may be removed at pleasure, and the contents deposited upon the feedingapron of a cigar-machine Without necessarily disarranging the smaller particles of tobacco.

The uniform sheet of tobacco so secured,l

When properly operated upon in a machine, will always produce perfectly-filled cigar-bunches,

` which' are absolutely necessary in order to successfully compete with hand labor Vin the production of the best and highest-'priced work.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a single section filled with tobacco and furnished With a Vsliding cover. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the single section as reversed upon a feedingapron for the purpose of discharging the tobacco thereon.

Referring to the drawing, A, in Fig. l, represents the top of a bench or table, upon which the strips B B, furnishedwith the thin spurs b b, are hinged. The strips B B are held in an upright position by means of the pivoted braces O C having their lower ends set inthe notches c c. The spursb b serve to divide the several sections l) DI) DA from each other, so as to form a groove or slot between each section for the reception of the point of the knife used in cutting the large sheet of tobacco into the proper cigarl iiller lengths.

The object of a grooveor slot, d, between each of the sections is to secure the complete and perfect division of the tobacco between each of the several sections; whereas, if the cutting were done upon the plane surface of a table, the failure to properly divide some of the leaves might result inthe disarrangement of the tobacco upon the attempted removal of one of the sections, the connection between it and the adjoining section being but partially severed; but when the knife is allowed to pass entirely through the sheet into a groove or slot, the entire separation of each section may be readily secured.

The slotted gage-plate E, shown in Fig. 2, is used to guide the knife when dividing the tobacco between each of the several sections, and also to hold the tobacco firmly by resting upon the same While it is being cut.

The separately removable plates E E', placed side by side, so as to form a slot, e, for the passage of the knife, may be `used in lieu of the slotted plate E, if preferred.

In order to empty the several sections without disarranging the particles of tobacco, I employ a cover, F, shown in Fig. 3, made of sheet metal, with a groove, Gr, at one end and a groove, H, at the other, arranged to engage with the locking-pins g and h, so that upon the reversal of the apparatus, as shown in Fig. e, the cover F may be made to slide endwise, thus depositing the inclosed tobacco upon the endless feeding-apron I, after which the section. D may be raised therefrom, leaving the sheet or layer of tobacco in a very desirable condition for feeding a cigar-machine.

The yleaves of tobacco should be arranged, as nearly as possible, at right angles to the slots d ol, as shown in Fig. 1. i

I claim as my invention- 1. A bed or flooring, composed of separately-removable plates D D, for the primary deposit and arrangement of cigar-filler tobacco, substantially as described.

2. The removable slotted plate E, in combination with a grooved or slotted bed, upon which the sheet or layer of tobacco is first formed and afterward divided into the proper sections or strips, substantially as described.

SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD.

Witnesses:

A. R. ABBOTT,

GEo. H. ROGERS. 

